5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

MOUST

MOUST is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 91.6% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

We do not have a sourced definition for this word yet.

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Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How MOUST performs as a guess

Wordle accepts MOUST as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 75.7% of games, misses completely in 24.3%, and leaves about 197 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,732 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.61 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

M___T M in the 1st position and T in the 5th position M__S_ M in the 1st position and S in the 4th position _O__T O in the 2nd position and T in the 5th position

Try next

RAILE CRANE TARTE PARLE CARLE ARIEL
Words starting with M Words ending with T

First-turn measures

4.82 Entropy (bits)
197 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
91.6% Avg ruled out
Higher first-turn entropy than about 72% of evaluated openers
1.13 bits below the highest measured first-turn entropy (~5.95 bits)

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How MOUST performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.61 Avg guesses
99.9% Win rate
0.69 Volatility
#1,732 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, MOUST ranks #1,732 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
58
3 guesses
1,003
4 guesses
1,096
5 guesses
176
6 guesses
18
Top-ranked in the current bounded policy screen: SLANT. The policy minimizes misses within six first, then average guesses among wins (3.45 for the leader). Compare the ranking measures

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
OSTU

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
76%
Green tile
34%
All gray
24%

Feedback distribution

110 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

572
171
159
149
118
109
88
62
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59
46
38
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32
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22
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Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing MOUST:

24% chance
Suggested:
RAILE
7% chance
Suggested:
CRANE
7% chance
Suggested:
TARTE

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

24.3% →
RAILE 6.20 bits
7.3% →
CRANE 5.41 bits
6.7% →
TARTE 5.55 bits
6.3% →
PARLE 5.38 bits
5.0% →
CARLE 4.72 bits
4.6% →
RAILE 4.80 bits
3.7% →
ARIEL 5.07 bits
2.6% →
RAILE 4.41 bits
2.5% →
RAILE 5.21 bits
2.5% →
PHARE 4.73 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for MOUST; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

M3O1U1S1T1
Total: 7 points

Words With Friends

Total: 9 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.